ICTs+in+English+Resource+Page

Welcome to the ICTs in English Resources page. The purpose of the this page is to share professional reading (and viewing) around e-learning and provide an index of links for useful online and ICT resources.

If you would like to recommend a link, please email it to: chris.mclean@core-ed.org along with a brief description of how you used the resource and why you think it is useful.
 * ==Professional Viewing ==

 **An Open Letter to Educators**

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 Education today and tomorrow

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 **e-Learning and implications for New Zealand schools: a literature review ** =====

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 **10 Teacher Development Task for Web 2.0 Tools**  __[]__ ||
 * ==Useful Tools ==

Twitter
From Fiona Grant and Software for Learning:  Software for Learning - Twitter - just for your PLN or can it support student learning?  __[]__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Jacqui Sharp created this useful __[]__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> More on my twitter links <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> __[]__

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> **The Twitter Experiment** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> media type="youtube" key="6WPVWDkF7U8" height="212" width="350"

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Voice Thread
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> From Allanah King: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> I have used Voicethread as a means for children to receive oral <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> feedback on things like speeches which has proved to be an effective <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> way killing two birds with one stone- rehearsed and crafted speech <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> making and giving and receiving feed back, as well sharing our <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> learning effectively with our parent body by posting on the blog as well <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> __[]__

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> From Janice Wiri: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> At my last school I used voice thread as a way to share oral language, and to peer assess oral language activities. This was a sole charge school. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> The following is a link to a blog post I made in 2008, and has three <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> examples. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> __[]__

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Cellphones
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Follow this link to check out the Campbell Live story about Howick College's use of Cellphones on Classroom. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> __@http://www.3news.co.nz/Howick-College-embraces-cell-phone-technology/tabid/367/articleID/161603/Default.aspx__

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> From Malcolm Law: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> O Brave New World or texting and the teacher of language arts. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> @http://geekstroke.wordpress.com/ || ==<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Effective Pedagogy ==

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Student Voice
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">From Karen Melhuish: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> 1. Student voice as part of **self-assessment**: //How well did each student think they are meeting the success criteria?//

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> - e-portfolios @http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-stories/School-stories/Albany-SHS-vision-and-values <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> - reflective journal (blog/wiki) [__[]__] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> - digital story to show progression [__[]__]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> 2. Student voice as part of **feedback and teacher inquiry**: //How is my teaching impacting on my students?//

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> - Interviews amongst the class, captured on e.g. Garageband, Audacity, Voicethread... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> - anonymous survey (e.g. SurveyMonkey) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> - quick feedback on how far they understand a lesson or a unit (e.g. Wallwisher www.wallwisher.com)

3. Student voice as part of **building on prior knowledge and making connections to form learning goals/success criteria**: //How can we find out what each student already knows - and doesn't know?// - Del.ici.ous, Evernote, Google Reader, RSS aggregators: gather links and related items on a topic - Fins out what they know or don;'t know wth a survey (e.g. SurveyMonkey, Google forms) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> - Construct a visual representation of connections they can make to key concepts (e.g. Inspiration www.inspiration.com/) - Discussion related to key concepts can be neatly captured in well-chosen images (e.g. Google Images / Flickr Creative Commons) - What we know now, what we'd like to know, what we've learned - accumulating commentary as a unit progresses (e.g. wikis/Googlewave, Inspiration...) ||
 * ==<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Text Related Resources == || ==<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Cybersafety ==

NetSafe has received a number of queries lately about social networking sites and how to manage the use of them in an educational context. We have developed a draft discussion document that highlights some of the issues schools are facing. Access the discussion document here <__[]__>

__[]__ We are seeking your ideas and suggestions to help develop a final version of the document that will be meaningful to NZ educators. You are welcome to pass this invitation onto others. All comments are welcome. ||